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River Mobility: The Power of Doing Less

Bengaluru's River Mobility is building a durable EV business on the unfashionable virtues of restraint, focus and precise execution.

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River Mobility: The Power of Doing Less

On a quiet October day in 2023, nearly two years after it was officially founded, River Mobility delivered its very first scooter from its Hoskote plant in Karnataka. In an industry often driven by hype cycles, River chose the harder path of no grand unveilings, no flashy pre-orders, no inflated promises, just deliberately staying invisible.

Five years since its founding, that contrarian instinct is beginning to show results: the Bengaluru-based EV startup is on track to cross Rs 400 crore in revenue this year, sells about 3,000 scooters a month and has quietly climbed to the seventh position in ...

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